While waiting for a #4 train in the Grand Central Terminal station during the morning rush hour on Thursday, April 12, Dave Fliegelman, of Gifford Avenue, noticed a woman whose right foot had become lodged between the platform and a train that had stopped in the station.

Fliegelman, a New York State Court Officer, rushed to her aid. Alogn with MTA police officers, they prevented the train from leaving the station. An NYPD Emergency Service unit used pecial tools to free the woman, who was later identified as a fellow court employee.

“She was a very brave woman because she was in a very rough spot and could have been panicked, but she was calm,” Fliegelman said. “When I arrived there was already an MTA police officer holding her up and securing her pocket book, as we waited for more help to arrive.”

While on the scene, Fliegelman, who is normally assigned to the Bronx Hall of Justice, used his training to examine her and realized that she was not bleeding, and that she could move her ankle and foot, signs thatindicated she had not sustained a very serious injury, Fliegelman said.

By the time she was removed to Bellevue Hospital, the FDNY, NYPD, and MTA had all had pitched in to get the woman to safety. Fliegelman accompanied her to the hospital.

“It was just a well-coordinated effort by all involved,” Fliegelman said. “One thing that we should realize and be appreciative of is that wherever we go in this city we have so many trained people who can assist in situations like these.”

Fliegelman was recently praised as a true hero by his local civic association, the Waterbury-LaSalle Community Association.

“I think he is a hero, because he took the time to go to the hospital with the woman,” Mary Jane Musano of the WLCA said. “New Yorkers are known for doing things like this for one another, and sometimes I think when it is the worst of times, we see the best in our people.”